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NEEDLES AND THEIR KNTTING BUTTS G. P. BOSWORTH.

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UNITED ST man? Parana ortica..

vGEORGIE P. BOSWORTH, OF CENTRAL FALLS, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO HEMP- HILL COMPANY, OF PAWTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND, A CORPORATION VOIE MASSA- y CHUSETTS.

KNITTING MACHINE.

Application led May 8,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Central Falls, in the county of Providence, State of Rhode Island, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Knitting Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention is an improvement in circular knitting machines.

The invention resides in knitting mechanism of novel character intended for use in knitting glove-blanks or units, and other blanks or units having constructional characteristics `similar to those which are typical of the said glove-blanks or units.

The features of the invention, in the more complete embodiment thereof, provided for knitting by a continuous operation a gloveunit, or a glove-web comprising a connected sequence of glove-units, respectively consisting of a tubular wrist-portion, a se vaged thumb-strip, and a tubular hand-portion, all integrally united and having a thumb-opening, and integral continuations of said hand-portion in the form of selvaged finger-strips, with said thumb-strip and finger-strips adapted to be formed into a complete thumb and fingers-by seaming,

operations.

The inventionI consistsv in a novel knitting organization including special butts or heels in connection with the needles; a camsystem including cams which respectively are termed herein for convenience masswithdrawal or plural-group withdrawal cams, needle-restoring, group withdrawal and group-selectivecams; provisions whereby during reciprocating knitting each group of needles in succession while operative in the knitting of a strip is centralized for the time being being with reference to the knitting or stitch-cams and yarn-guide; and pattern-connections for controlling the various parts-1.

The special butts or heels andA cams which are characteristic features of the invention constitute selective devices which provide for'p'roducing aselvage'd thumb-strip at the proper point in the tubular hand-portion of a glove-unit, and selvaged finger-strips upon the end of the said hand-portion. They are so combined` co-ordinated, and controlled,

that they selectively determine the group 1918. Serial N0. 233,301.

of needles which shall be operative to knit during the knitting (by reciprocating action) of a given strip, whereby to provide for making a fiat web of the proper width to constitute such strip'. Also', so that as soon as one finger-strip has been knit of the proper length they render its group of needles inoperative to knit and render a different group operative to knit one of the other finger-strips, and so on until all of the finger-strips have been produced in succession. Also, so that they cause certain of the needles ofthe group which was employed in knitting one finger-strip to be included in and made a part of the .group-employed in knitting the next adjoining linger-strip, in order that the respective linger-strips may be made of the required widths to produce glove-lingers of the required size, for instance in the case of the respective halves of the second and third fingers of a glove-unit. For the purposes of the present description I term the needles which are thus included Lgusset needles.

In practice, the construction of the mechanism in which the principles and features of the invention are embodied may vary more or less, and the sequence and details of operation may vary lmore or less, all without involving a departure from the invention itself. By simple adaptations of the mechanism the formation of thethumbstrip and thumb-opening may be omitted, or the mechanism may be employed for the purpose of knitting linger-strips upon a, previously-knit hand-portion which has been transferred from another machine, or the number and sizes of the finger-strips may be varied.

The accompanying dranings represent an and features of the invention, which has beencontrived with the object in View of knitting a glove-web comprising a sequence of glove-units, each of the latter produced by Iillustrative embodiment of the principles First, knitting tubular fabric vto form the i Wrist and a part of the hand-portion upv to the root of the thumb. A

'Then proceeding to knit upon'a certain group of needles, while the others remain out of action, 'until a selvaged flat-strip has been produced of a length sufficient to form ,a thumb by doubling it back upon itself and unlting its opposite sides. The number of needles thus continued in action to form the thumb-strip, and the number of courses that are knit in such strip, will depend upon the desired width and length of the thumbstrip, which will be determined by the required size of thumb.

Them'knitting upon all the needles and producing tubular fabric to complete the hand-portion of the glove-unit up to the of those employed for the first finger-strip,

to produce a selvaged flat strip of fabric to constitute one half of the adjoiningfinger, i. e., the outside half of such finger. Then knitting on adjoining needles, together with a part of those used in making the second strip, to produce a selvaged flatY stri) of fabric to constitute the corresponding loutside) half of the next adjoining finger. Then proceeding to knit upon adjoining needles to make a selvaged flat strip of a width suitable for forming the other outside finger (herein the little finger) by doubling it lengthwise and seaming its side edges together and closing-up the end. Then proceeding to knit successively other selvaged flat strips to form theremaining halves of the intermediate fingers. making provisions for sufiicient width thereof in the same manner as in connection with the halves first formed.

A glove-unit thus produced has the inside and outside halves of the second and third fingers positioned upon opposite sides of the tubular hand-portion appropriately to come together and permit their respective edges to be joinedto form the completed fingers. It has the thumb and finger-strips seamlessly o1 integrally united with the main or hand-portion.

In the drawings,-

Fig. -1 shows in front elevation certain of the parts of a circular knitt'i'ng machine containing the illustrative embodiment aforesaid of the principles of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the said machine as shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a View of the head of the said machine in horizontal section in a plane above the knitting cams and associated parts.

Fig. 4 is a side-elevation of what for the purposes of this specification may be termed needles and jacks representative of those comprising the working set contained in the said machine. y

Figs. 7a and 7b show modifications of the needles and jack construction.

Fig. 8 is a diagram on the order of a development of the working set of needles and jacks in a plane.

Fig. 9 is a diagram (on an enlarged scale) of the circular series of needles and their knitting butts, indicating how they are utilized in the knitting of a glove-unit.

Fig. 10 is a diagram of the interrupted circular series f jacks. and their selective butts.

The machine that is partly shown in the drawings is the well-known Banner machine. with additions for the purposes of the invention. as will be apparent from the fol.- lowing description. The features of the Banner machine are substantially indicated in U. S. Letters Patent to il. D. Hemphill, No. 933.4%. granted Sept. 7. 1909. for improvement in circular automatic stocking knitting machines. The drawingsshow only such parts of a machine in general as are required to be shown in order to render clear the relations. etc.. of the parts which are involved more immediately in the invention.

Certain of the parts that are shown in the drawings hereof. corresponding with those of the lsaid Patent o.933,443,are designated herein by the same reference characters as in the patent. Thus, the machineframe is marked u., the rotatable needle-cylinder (in Figs. 1, 2, 3) is marked N. and the non-rotatable cam-carrier is marked H, the annular portion or ledge of the said camcarrier being marked M, and the knitting or stitch-cams being marked (f2. e, f1', .1?, Fig. 6.

The pulleys (shown in Fig. l) for the driving band are marked 1), p', p2. (respectively quick-speed, slow-speed. and loose or idle)1 and at s. (Fig. 2) is the main shaft, on which the said pulleys are mounted. At s (Figs. l and 2) is the pattern-shaft, f and g being the pattern-drums or pattern-barrels upon .the said pattern-shaft, and f being the pat-,

tern-ring on drum or barrel f which engages with the member b4 carried by clutch-shifting lever b', to control the said lever and through the same control the working of the machine to produce either continuous rotation of the needle-cylinder or reciprocating action thereof7 as required. The details of the mechanism controlled by pattern-ring f', through which at times the needle-cylinder is rotated continuously in a forward direction for round-and-round knitting, and at times is reciprocated forward and backward for flat knitting, may be substantially as in Patent No. 933,443, and are unnecessary toy be shown herein. Yarn-guides (not shown) are mounted at the point d', Fig. 1, in connection with latch-ring C.

Having reference to features which are more immediately connected with the inventionz- The special butts or heels and their disposition in connection with the needles are described in detail4 hereinafter. Two socalled mass-withdrawal or plural-group withdrawal cams 2 and 3, (Fig. 6), are employed in this embodiment of the features of the invention. They respectively are located' at opposite sides of the knitting or stitchcams e2, e3, fc, A needle-restoring cam 6, is located in advance of the knitting or stitch-cams, adjacent the latter. At 10 is a group-withdrawal cam. At 15, etc., are group-selective cams. The provisions, in 'connection with the, needle-cylinder whereby the group of needles which is operative in the knitting of a strip is centered for the time being with reference to the knitting or stitchcams and yarn-guide are described hereinafter. So also are the pattern-connections for controlling the various parts.

Referring first to the special butts or heels,-

Two sets of butts or heels are provided in connection with the needles 1, Figs. 7, 8, 9, in this embodiment. The butts or heelsof one set, the upper set in the present instance, are adapted to be engaged by the knitting or stitch-cams e2, e3, w, for knitting purposes. Accordingly, the butts or heels of this set are termed herein the knitting butts, although herein for convenience the mass-withdrawal or plural-group withdrawal cams 2 and 3 also are arranged to engage with some of them in performing their function of rendering certain needles inoperative as a preliminary to the knitting of strips, and the needle-restoring cam 6 is arranged to engage with such butts or heels for the purpose of returning the inoperative needles to operative positions again at the proper times. lVhile this engagement of the cams 2, 3, and 6- with the knitting butts for the said purposes is preferable, the needles may have other butts or heels for cooperation with such cams.

The butts or heels of the other set, herein the lower set, are adapted to be engaged only by the group-withdrawal cam 10 and the group-selecting cams 15,'etc., in selecting the needle groups for linger-strip production. Accordingly, the butts or heels last mentioned are termed herein selective butts.

formed upon short needles, and-the lower or selective butts upon jacks 1X detachably engaging with said short needles. If preferred, the knittinor butts as well as the selective butts may be formed upon jacks 1y, as in Fig. 7a. Or, as in the case of the needle 1a represented in Fig. 7b, both the knitting butts and the selective butts may be formed upon the needles themselves. lt will be obvious that in effect the lower butts are located upon needle-extensions, whether the eXtensions be constituted by separate jacks as in Figs. 7 and 7a, or by integral portions of the needle-wires as in Fig. 7b.

The so-called mass-withdrawal or pluralgroup withdrawal cams 2 and 3 herein render needles inoperative to knit by raising them so as to elevate their knitting butts out of operative relations witlr respect to the knitting cams. In order that the said cams 2 and 3 may act selectively upon the needles, through their engagement with knitting butts, the latter are of different lengths, and are grouped in diiferent series according to length. rl`hey are herein of three lengths, namely, long, medium, and short, as indicated in Figs. 7 8 and 9, forming three series, as indicated by Figs. 8 and 9. As shown by Fig. 9, th'e series of long knitting butts extends around the greater part of the needle-cylinder. A series of short knitting butts, shown at the right-hand side in each of Figs. 8 and 9, adioins one end of thc. series of long butts. Next to the leftis a series .of medium knitting butts, which completes the circleof knitting butts. As explained more fully hereinafter, the cams 2 and 3 select the needles on which the thumbstrip is to be knit by acting upwardly against the outer ends of the long and medium knitting butts, thereby raising the corresponding needles, they constituting the general mass of the needle-assemblage, into inoperative relations. In this action the said cams 2 and 3 do not engage with the short knitting butts, and consequently the needles having such butts are permitted to remain in operation. They constitute the group on which the thumb-,strip is knit. In performing their part of the duty of selecting the needles on which the first-finger strip is to be knit the cams 2 and 3 act u wardly against the outer ends of the long nitting butts, and raise the long-butted needles into inoperative position, without engaging with either the short knitting butts or the medium knitting butts.

Referring now to the selective elements of the cam-system The mass-withdrawal or plural-group withdrawal cams 2 and 3 normally occupy inoperative relations with respect to the needles. At the time when the change occurs from round-and-round or tubular knitting to reciprocating knitting for the production of a thumb-strip, the cams 2 and 3 are called into action in order that at such time they may withdraw from operative relations 'with the knitting or stitch-cams the general mass of the needles, i. e., those on which knittin is to be discontinued for the time being. hey are again called into action for the erformance of the same function at the time of Achanging from roundand-round to reciprocating knitting for the production of the first linger-strip.

The front mass-withdrawal or pluralgroup withdrawal cam 2 when in its normal inoperative relations occupies a position outward beyond the knitting butts. It is mounted with capacity to move radially inward and outward. When it occupies its operative or'4 working inward position the engagement of its top edge with certain of the knitting butts operates to raise the corresponding needles into their inoperative positions. rlhe rear mass-Withdrawal .or pluraloup withdrawal cam 3 when in its normal inoperative relation occupies a position down below the top of ledge M of the cam-carrier, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 6. It is mounted with capacit to move vertically. When it is raised rom its` position shown in Fig. 6 into its elevated working position the engagement of its top edge with certain of the knitting butts operates to raise the corresponding needles into inoperative position. i The mode and means of mounting and controlling the mass-withdrawal or pluralgroup 4withdrawal cams 2 and 3 may vary 1n practice. f ln Figs. 1 to 3 the front masswithdrawal or plural-group withdrawal cam 2 is carried-by a slide-bar 2a that is mounted in a guideway in a support 2b rising from the non-rotating cam-carrier H, and the particular pattern-connections shown in such figures comprise a bell-crank 2c that is pivoted'to said stand and connected by a rod 2El with a pattern-finger 2"' that is impelled by a contracting spiral-spring (at 2f) toward the pattern-surface of the pattern-drum g. l`When a low portion of the saidl pattern-surface permits thle said pattern-finger i?.B to

. occupyv a depressed position it will act through the rod 2d to hold the bell-crank 2c rocked outwardly, so that, through engagement ofits upwardly-extending arm with a,

vscrew 2yprojecting from slide-bar 2a Messia pies this inoperative position. An elevated pattern-indicator on drum g, by engaging with the said pattern-finger, operates to' swing the bell-crank inward toward the needle-cylinder solas to put under increased tension a spiral spring 2x connecting the bellcrank and the slide-bar together, so that such tension operates to move the cam yieldingly inward toward its operative position; that is to say, untilthe inward movementof the cam is arrested through contact of the inner face of the said cam with the outer ends of certain of the knitting butts, or with the periphery of the needle-cylinder, or by means of some other positive stop utilized for the purpose, as the case may be.

Herein, the rear mass-withdrawal Aor plural-groups withdrawal cam 3 is engaged by a lever 3a Fig. 3 that is connected by a rod 3b Figs. l and 3 to the rear arm of a pattern-finger 3c Fig. 2 having combined therewith a contracting spiral-spring (at 2f) serving to keep its working end in Contact with the pattern-surface of drum '9. So long as the said working end rests against a depressed portion of the said pattern-surface the cam 3 occupies its depressed inoperative position, with its working portion below the level of the top of the annular portion or ledge M of the cam-carrier. Then a raised pattern-indicator of the drum g is presented to the working end of the said pattern-finger 3c, the said pattern-indicator acts through the said pattern-finger and the described connections to cause the cam 3 to be raised, so that its acting portion rises above the top surface of the said annular portion M into operative positionto act upon long knitting butts.

Mass-withdrawal or plural-group withdrawal cams 2 and 3 resume their retracted inoperative positions as soon as they have done their work.

The so-'called needle-restoring cam 6 Figs. 3 and 6 is located` as has been stated, in advance of the knitting or stitch-cams, between these latter and the front mass-withdrawal cam 2. It is mounted with capacity -to move radially inward and outward relcam 6 is moved into its outwardly retracted and inoperative position in order. that` the needles raised into their inoperative position may remain in such position, without being interfered with by the cam 6. On the completion of' the thumb-strip the cam 6 is moved inward again into itsl operative position, in order that in the turning movement of the needle-.cylinder it may depress thev saidpreviou'sly upraised needles into working relations with the knitting or stitch-cams and thereby render such needles' operative again 'for the round-and-round knitting of theisucceeding part of the hand-portion'of the glove. It is also moved outward into inoperative 4position as a preliminary to the knitting of the first linger-strip, and later is moved inward into its operative position on the completion of the last of the fingerstrips, in' order that it. may depress the needles at that time occupying upraised positions.

Herein, the needle-restoring cam 6 is carried by a slide-bar 6a Figs. 1 and 3 mounted. in a guideway in the support 2". The operating connections of cam 6 are substantially the same as those of the front mass-withdrawal or plural-group withdrawal cam 2, and comprises a bell-crank 6, a rod 6, a pattern-finger 6e that is spring-borne'against the pattern-surface of the drum g, and a spiral spring 6? connecting together the bellcrank and the slide-bar. When the bellcrank 6e isA rocked away from the needlecylinder itsjupwardly extending arm acts against a screw 65 projecting from slide-bar 6@ to press the cam 6 outwardly, i'nto inoperative position. When vthe said vhell-crank is rocked toward the needle-cylinder itv acts through the spring 6x to move the said cam 6 inward yieldingly toward the needlecylinder, into operative position. The

spring is intended to yield during the inward movement Iin case the cam 6 should bring up against the outer endsof knitting butts. The sof-'called group-withdrawal cam 10 Figs. 1, 4, 5 arid 6 is located at a point. in advance of the knitting or stitch-cams. t is used to assist vthe cams 2 and 3 in selecting the needles on which the first finger-strip is to be knit.. It does so by withdrawing from operative relations lwith reference to the knitting or stitch-cams. certain needles, not raised by cams 2 and 3, which are used in knitting the thumb-strip but are not used it( knitting the first finger-strip. The needles which are thus withdrawny are those at the right hand end of the thumb-series. Their extensions or jacks 1x are furnished with long selective butts 1.1, Figs. 7, 8 Vand 10.

The group-withdrawal cam 10 is mounted with capacity to move radially inward an outward relative to the needle-cylinder. Its outward position is its idle position. Its inward position is its working .comprising an arme 10t or inoperative' or operative position. Normally, it occupies its outward idle or inoperative position, clear of theselective butts or heels. As a preliminary to the knitting othe first ingerstrip it is moved inward to its working or operative position, which is just' near enough to the needle-cylinder to enable its acting upper 'edge to engage with the outer ends of the said long selective butts or heels 11.

f The group-withdrawal camy 10 is controlled from the pattern-drum g. Figs.' 1 to 5 show one convenient construction and arrangement of supporting means-and controlling connections therefor. In said figures the said cam 10 is shown as mounted upon the inner end of a supporting-bar 10a that is fitted to move inward ahd outward in a stand 12 that is mounted upon a stationary part of the ma'- chine. The said bar 10aL has combined with it a spring 10b operating with a tendency to move the bar Iand its cam 10 inward toward the needle-cylinder. The said spring is an expanding spiral spring which fits around a portion of the stem of the bar 10a within the hole in support 12 that is occupied by the.

bar, and the said spring is compressed between a shoulder on the bar and the inner end of the 'said hole. At the outer side of the support 12 the projecting stem of the bar is' surrounded b a sleeve 10v capable of turning upon sai stem and having V-shaped notches adapted to receive the said V-shaped projections 10d. Spring 10b operates with a tendency to keep the inner face of collar 10 pressed agalnst, the outer yends of the cam-projections on theV outer end of the sleevefand thereb keep vthe sleeve pressed. inwardly toward tliie stand, with the cam-pro'- jections at the inner end -olf the sleeve held against the stand. Sleeve 10c is controlled by the pattern-drum g through connections projectingfrom the sleeve, a connecting rodlO, and aypattern- -inger 10h Figs. 1 and 2 which is engaged by a contracting spring at 10f'that keeps the working endof the saidpatter'n-finger in contact with the pattern-surface..

Normally, under the control rofv the pattern-surface thesleeve iscausedlto' assume an vangular position in which, as sliown` inFigy,V 4, the cam-projections, are out5of line wit the notches of collar 10 I i are presented tol the straight inner shoulder and of 'sand 12; ma

of said collar and straight outersideoff Isaid stand. Consequently, during round-andround knitting, the sleeve( 10, the bar 10,

d and the group-withdrawal cam 10a're' kept outward, namely'with the, said-"cumin 'its' outwardly` retracted gosition, outsidepf the circular pathin wine the @lectivo .butts 1 1 are carried around. When, however, the group of needles at the right hand end` of the series previously used in knitting the thumb is to be rendered inoperative in making ready to knit the strip for the first finger, the pattern-devices act to rock sleeve 10c so as to present the cam-projections 10d thereof in line with vthe notches in collar l0e and stand 12. This leaves the bar 10a and cam 10 free to'move inward under the push of spring 10, and accordingly the cam assumes a position in which it engages the long selective butts 11 in the turning movement of the needle-cylinder and by its action thereon raises the said roup of thumb needles into ino erative'position.

o also the group-withdrawal cam 10 is withdrawn from action as soonas it has done its work, by a reverse rocking *of sleeve 10 v 'They cooperate with rows of selective butts upon the needle-extensions'or jacks that are provided in connection with the said needles.

The group-selective cams 15etc., are located one above another in advance of the knitting or stitch-cams, adjacent the latter,

'of theselective butts or heels which are` rovided for cooperation with these cams. 1T eir inward positions are their working lor opera- .tlve positions. l

The'reis one group-select/ive cam for each ngerstrip except the first, and the selective butts or heels'in connectionA with the needles of the group for ag i row on substantia ly the same level as the v quently the respective rows of selective butts or heels cooperatingI with the group-selectiveiven finger-strip are in a group-selective cam Jfor such strip. kConsecams are steppedy vertically with reference to one another, as indicated inl*1 igs. 2, l, and8.

"As a` preliminary to the knitting of .a vgiven finger-strip, for instance `the 'outside stripfor the second lfinger, the

` tive camiior such strip is move `inward. to

its working or operative` position, so that.

oup-selecis repeatedinthe case of eachpf the other group-selective cams in turn, preliminary to the knitting oiy the succeeding linger-strips. Herein, the respective group-selective cams l5, etc., are mounted in connection with stand 12 in the same manner as groupwithdrawal cam 10, and their operating connections are similar to those of said cam 10,

such connections including pattern-Engels' 15h through which the cams 15 are controlled by pattern-drum g. l

needle-cylinder, for centering for the time being, with reference to the knitting or stitch-cams and the yarn-guide, the group of needles which is operative" in the knitting of a strip, consist in ymeans for eil'ecting an angular shiftv of the needle-cylinder with relation toits actuating connections.` This he provisions 1n connection with the i angular shift is caused to take place prelimif nary to the knittingof every strip. Thereby, during the knitting of each of the respective` strips the particular roup of needles which is operative for the tune being is caused to swing to equal or substantially equal extents in opposite directions past thesaid cams and the yarn-guide. The angular shift is eected a suitable number of times as the successive groups o-needles around the needle-cylinder are brought `into operation, one after the other.

Tn the illustrated machine, the angular vshiit just mentioned is provided forby connecting the needle-cylinder N with the horizontal `actuating gear n therefor by means of clutch-devices permitting a relative angular shift'of the cylinder with respect to the said actuating gear. A convenient form of the said clutch-devices is shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, in which ii ures a horizontal flange 7 Fig. 3 connecte with the base ot' the needle-cylinder has formed `therein la series of notches 7,"'7a,etc., anda dog 7b is mounted movably in conn'ection`withsaid gear'. a, the said dog having combined therewith an actuating spring Ic by means of which the engaging end of the dog is pressedv toward the needle-cylinder. Normally the said engaging end of the dog'occupies one of the notches 7a, so that therebyl the needle-'cylinder'is clutched to the horizontal. actuating gear. Tn. order' to bring aboutla centralizing shift, the dog is disengaged from the notch which it first occupies, and movement ot' gear n taking place while ist the needle-cylinde'r'st'andsstill transfers the dog over intothe next adjacentnotch;vv o provide for the disengagement ot the dog, va vshifter-lug' 7d, 2, is vpro.

vided at the upper end of a rod-.7?, which latter extends down to, and is connected with a pattern-finger 7, the working' end of which is held by means of a spring (at 2f) in engagement with a line-.7g ofp'attern-indicators upon the drum g. Normally the lug 7 d occupies an inoperative position above the plane in which the tail of dog 7" works. A

10 depression in the said line of pattern-indi cators at the proper point allowsthe pat-` tern-finger 7t to moye so as to drawthe lug 7d down from its normal elevated position into the path of the tail of the dog 7". This takes place at the end of the forward stroke of the needle-cylinder. l Consequently, in the first part of the ensuing "reverse movement of the actuating gear and the needle-cylinder, before they have .picked up speed, they tail of the dog is carried against the lug,

with the result that the engaging end of the' dog is disengaged from the notch occupied by it in the needle-cylinder ange, sothat the actuating gear is unclutched `from the needle-cylinder and fora portionofsaid reverse movement movesy independently ofl inder from movementduring the independi' ent movement of the actuating gear n, a braking or checking device is provided. A convenient form thereof'comprises a brakeband 8, Fig. 3, which herein surrounds about one-half of the circumference of the lower portion of the vneedle-cylinder, one end thereof being suitabl fixed in connection with the cam-carrier or its ledge M, while the other end thereof has connected with it ates to move the' lever'9 so as to withdraw it from the finger 8 of the brake-band and thereby release the brake-band tothe action of the contracting spiral spring 8b, which thereupon contracts the brake-band around the needle-cylinder so as to produce the required holdin effect.

An elevate portion of the line 7g of pat-- tern-indicators on the drum gI operates the pattern-finger 7 to raise thelug 7d into inoperative'position again, and also to cause the lever `'9 to re-engage with the finger 8l of the brake-band 8 so as to slacken the brake-band. Consequently the needle-cylinder having been reclutched to its horizontal actuating gear, it is permitted to move reciprocatingly with such gear,

In the knittmg of a glove-unit, the special features of the operation are as follows-z 90 For the selection of the thumb-strip needles, which. in this'instan'ce are the ones having short knitting butts, the patternconnections call for movement of needle-restoring cam 6 outward. to its inoperative position, and movement ofthe two masswithdrawal or plural-group withdrawal v "cams-2 and 3 toward their operative 'posia finger 8a with which is engaged one endthe brake-band is `held 1n a slackened con-v dition through the engagement of a horizontally-working lever9, Fig. 3, with the lfingerl y 8, so that the slackened brake-band does not oppose the revolution of the needle-cylinder. When the said springispermitted ytoi' act,

dog frornthe needle-cylinder, 1tl tightens vthe brake-band around andjagainst the needle-` cylinder so asto' oppose movement ofthe needle-cylinder. Thereby the? needle-cyl'n.

slides around-the'l outer periphery` ofthe needle-cylinder flange to lthe next'adjacent f notch lof the series of notches@y concurrently with thel diseng i ement of the- At the timelwhenthe brake-band;should.

'be permittedv -to.act, the IleverQQ operated pil-ragen.. Hema- Said lever 9 has-aspirar arm connected by `means of aQr-od19`' t'o abell-L-j. crank 9", the latter being connected by means lease the v'brake-band t' its actuating ifgav' rod9c with' the 'rear arm ofl the pattern-y vshort butts, butr as soon vas the :onward turn'- ,t'wo [cams 2 and 3all of the needles except Athel shortbutted needles are raised into intions, during the last forward revolution of the needle-cylinder in the round-and-round knitting by which thetubularwrist is produced. The rear cam 3 rises 'under long knitting butts at the rear side of the needlecylinder, and in the remainder of the said forward revolution raises into inoperative position all of the," succeeding long-butted needles. -Itdoes not raise v'an of the shortbutted needles, because its position is radially outward beyond the outer ends of th'e short butts, vso that the latter ass it without'being acted u on thereby. T ve inward movement les ,of the ront camfQcarries the inner side of such cam' yieldingly against the'outer ends of certain of the knittlng -k butts, usually 4the ing-movement'of the needleicylinder carriesj such butts past the cam 2 themedium butts f of the succeeding series-ofmeedles are car- U y .-ried against its frontface, 'sothatsuchface der isA held from movementwhile the og needles .which were `not Vraised by the rearA cam 3, to raise such 'long-batted needles.

Con'sequ'en'sly',l by `the conjoint action 'of' the i voperative sition in the saidforwardrevoe needlecylinder. Thus'H-inefect,

lution of 'the selectionfof the.thumb-stripleedlesis jeectedlin'thesame,continucus stroke v,(i. a., 130

continuous movement) of the needle-cylinder in one direction. in case the yielding inward movement of the front cam 2 should carry its inner side against the outer ends of long butts just preceding the short butts of the thumb needles, the action will be practically' the same as just explained, with the addition that when the said long knitting butts have passed by the cam 2.the said cam will move inward against the outer ends oif the short butts.

The pattern-indicators of drum g permit the special needle-raising cams 2 and 3 to return outward to their retracted position, clear of the path of the knitting butts, before the needle-cylinder begins its first reverse movement, after they have rendered the required number of needles inoperative. The special needle-lowering cam 6, however, remains in the outwardly retracted and inoperative position which was given to it as just explained, until the thumb strip has been completed.

rlhe action of pattern-indicators of drum g in connection with pattern-linger 7i causes 'the lug 7d to be lowered into positionto act upon the dog 7b, so that at the beginning of the said reverse movement the lug acts to disengagethe dog from the notch 7a occutightens so as to hold the needle-cylinder from turning while unclutched from gear n. Consequently, shift of the dog to the next vrearward notch 7 takes place, following which the lug is raised into inoperative position relative to the dog and the pressure of the brake-band upon the needle-cylinder is relieved'. rlhe thumb-strip is knit by reciprocating knitting, with the thumb-group of needles properly centralized 'with reiference to the knitting or stitch-cams and yarnguide.

When the required length of thumb strip has been completed, the actuation of pa.- tern-finger 6e by the pattern-drum g returns erativeposition, and as the needle-cylinder pied by it. At the same time, the brake-.band

g of the required length. the needle-restoring cam; 6 inward to its opresumes continuous rotary movement the up-i raised needles are lowered by the action of such cam upon their knitting' butts, from. their inoperative position into their operative position. litound'-and-round knitting proceeds for the knitting ofthe hand.

` When the tubular hand-portion of the gloveiunit has been'knit of sufficient length,

thek strip for the iirst nger is knit upon the medium-buttati `needles and the 'left-hand portion'ot the shortgbutted needles. 'lhe remaining needles are-.retired from operation. This is providedv orby4 withdrawal of the needle-restoring 'cani 6 into an inoperative position, `(to vrremain in. such position, as stated here'inbeore,'untill all the linger-strips have been knit), accompanied by the raising of the mass-withdrawal or plural-group 4to which buttsll pertain.

` rection.

Lease@ i withdrawal cam'Sl into' operative` position,

moving inward, thejsaid cam 2 lands against 7@ vthe outer endsof the series of medium knitting butts as a, reslilt of the forward shogging of `the needle-,cylinder which took place because of the shift of dog 7b fromthe original notch 7a to another notch in beginning to knit the thumb-strip. Cam '3 raises those long-butted needles whichv are carried past it by the inal portion of the forward turning movement of the needle-cylinder, and after the medium butts have vpassed cam 2 the latter acts upon the succeeding long butts to raise those long-butted needles which are not raised by cam 3. f

Owing to the :tact that the strip for the first finger is only partially in line with the thumb-strip, the right-hand needles of the thumb-series are not used in producing the former. l? or the purpose ofrendering the said right-hand thumb-needles inoperative at this time, the group-withdrawal cam l() is brought into operative position, in order that its top face may engage with the series llaof selective butts upon the extensions or jacks 'ci such needles and raise the latter. Thus, in eilect,v the-selection of the needles for the rst finger strip is effected: in the same continuous stroke (i. e., continuous movement) ont .the needle cylinder in one di- '.lhefcams 2, 3' and 10 are with'- drawn into inoperative position after having functioned. A second shift of the' dog 7b, namely from the notch 7 occupied by it during the knitting ofthe thumb and tubular hand-portion into the next succeeding notch, centralizes the rst-iinger strip group M5 of needles with relation to the knittingor stitch-cams and yarn-guide. Reciprocating All the selective buttsA except group 1l pertainingto the right-hand thumbneedles are short. This enables the gircup-witlni-l drawal cam l() to approach sufficiently close to the needle-cylinder to engage with the M5 long' selective butts 1l ofthe said needles, without engaging with the short selective butts 1,18, Fig 8, which are alongside and in line with said butts 11, Consequently, at the time when the needles :for use in knitting the tiretfinger strips are selected, the v group-withdrawal cam 10 acts upon'. butts l1' to raise the right-hand thumb-needles. intoinoperative relations with the knitting or stitch-cams `without disturbing theneedles Upon the completion oit the rst nger strip', and asprel-iminaries tothe knitting ofthe outside strip ot the second nger the trent masswithdraai/allf or plural-groups withdrawal no y l Messi? cam 2 and top group-seletive cam, 15, are moved into operative position as the needlecylinder completes a forward stroke. An-

other shift of dog 7b to a different notch 7a takes place at the beginning of the reversev stroke for the purpose of centralizing with referenceJ to the knitting or stitch-cams andI yarn-gulde the group of` needles which is to be used for the said strip. In this reverse stroke the back of cam 2 raises into inoperatlve position all of the needles that were used in knitting the first finger strip,

through engagement with the knitting butts thereof. Incidentally, the back of the top-selective cam also ,actsthrough engagement with the selective butts of the top row, 16, Fig. 8, to raise the needles for the saidl outside strip, but these needles are immediately depressed into position to be further engaged by the top-selective camv needles, which l term Widening or gussetl needles, are called back into operation again by cam 15 for use in knitting the outside second-finger strip after having been moved into inoperative posi-tion by cam 2 as just mentioned upon the completion of the firstfinger strip. They knit a widening or gussetat one edge of such strip. The cams 2 and 15 resume their normal retracted positions after functioning, and the outside secondfinger stripy is knit by a continuation of the reciprocating knitting.

With reference to the incidental lifting of the needles for the outside second-finger strip in the first reverse movement of the needle-cylinder, it is to be noted that the particular group-selective cams 15, etc., shown in the drawings are so shaped that in the return movement of the needle-cylinder following the calling of one of such cams into working position, the back of the said cam engages with the corresponding row of selective butts and as a result raises the latter entirely above the cam. This is due Wholly to the particular shape that is shown inthe drawings, and may easily be avoided by adopting an obvious different form of selective cam. To return the thus upraised butts into a position inwhich they -Will be engaged by the same group-selective cam in the next forward stroke of the needle-cylinder, 'I employ `herein the supplemental.

needle-restoring cam 21, Fig. 6, by means of which, immediately after the needles have been raised by the back of the acting group-selectivecam they are depressed to a level Within reach of such cam. This supplemental needle-restoring cam 21 occupies a fixed position upon the cam-carrier.

Upon ,completion of the outside strip for the second finger, substantially the same procedure' "is repeated for the production of the outside strip for the third finger, the

second group-selective cam, 15, being called into action so that through engagement with the selective butts of the second row, 17, Fig. 8, it moves down into operative relations With the knitting or stitch-cams the needles composing the group which is used in knitting the strip last-mentioned. This group includes as Widening or gusset needles a portion of those which Were used in knitting the outside strip for the second finger. These Widening or gusset needles have selective butts Which form a part of roW 17.

Upon completion of the outside strip for the third finger, substantially the same rocedure is repeated for the production o the little-finger strip, using the third selective cam, 15b, for engagement With the selective butts of the third row, 18, to move down into operative relations With the knitting or stitch-cams the needles which are used in such production, but in this instance none of the needles of the preceding strip areused as Widening or gusset needles.

Upon completion of the little-finger strip,

vthe procedure is repeated successively in the case'of the insidestrip for the third finger and the inside strip for the `second finger, using the fourth selective cam, 15, for engagement with the fourth row, 19, of selective butts` for the first-mentioned thereof, and the fifth selective cam, 15d, for engagement with the fifth row, 11, 11, of selective butts for the. other. l*Widening orc gusset needles are used in knitting both of these inside strips, as ywill appear from Figs. 8 and. 10.

This completes the knitting ofthe fingerstrips, Needle-restoring cam 6 is called into operation for the purposeof returning all of the inoperative needles to operative relations with the knitting or stitch-cams, and round-and-round or tubular knitting is now resumed for the Wrist-portion of the next glove-unit. j

It will be observed that inthe course of the preceding description, references have vbeen made 'to the group of needles required for the production of each of the strips being selected in a given stroke, by which is contemplated a continuous operative movement in one direction. y

Upon the completion of a glove-unit, the latter may be dropped ofi', if desired, and a rib-top or cuff transferred to the needles prior to beginning to knit another gloveunit, or a light yarn may be used in knitting a few courses before the next glove-unit is begun, in order to facilitate breaking the two glove-units apart or knitting may be continued with the same yarn, with or without a slack course. The machine will be constructed in well-known manner to provide'for the transfer just mentioned, including the features of a radially-movable supporting-block for the knitting or stitchcams e2, e3, and automatic devices for occasioning the radial movement, such for instance as the connecting-link 22, bellcrank 23, connecting-link 24, and patterninger 25 controlled by the indicators of the pattern-drum or pattern-barrel j.

'llhe employment vof certain needles, first in the production of a given strip and then as widening or gussetneedles in the production' of an adjoining strip, enables the group of finger-strips to comprise a total number of Wales exceeding materially the total number of needles contained in the machine.

After the completion of the knitting of a glove-unit, and its removal from the knitting machine, the widennig or gusset of a given finger-strip is cut across at the junction of its base-portion with the tip-portion of the adjoining strip. 'llhe outside and inside strips of the second finger are united to each other along their edges and at their ends,

'and so are those of the third finger.

According to the assembling of the pattern-indicators in the machine, all of the glove-units produced by the latter may be for the same hand, or they may be alternately right-handed and left-handed if desired.

Under varying conditions of working, the action of the parts may be modified more or less in practice. By variation in the timing, the shares respectively performed by the mass-withdrawal cams 2 and 3 may be varied, so'that cam 3 may become the princi-A pal mass-withdrawal or plural-group withdrawal cam instead of cam 2 as in the foregoing description. By a simple adaptation of the devices, the thumb-stripI may be formed, like thetirst-iinger strip, of the full width vrequired to t entirely around the ,thumb of the wearer, and be finished-ofin by being1 seemed along the open side, across the end, and around the thumb-opening. in some cases., the thumb-stri l and thumb-opening may be omitted in t e knitting of the glove-unit, in which event a tl'iumb-opening will be formed snbsequen'tly and a thumbtube be inserted and attached.

What is claimed as the invention is,-

l. ln a circular knitting machine con-` structed for rotary and reciprocating knitting, an organization for the knitting of glove-units andthe like composed of tubular web and selvaged'dat strips integral thereas widening or gusset needles, provisions maaar? with, comprising essentially, in combination with a needle-cylinder, needles, and knitting or stitch-cams, special butts or heels in connection with the needles, mass-withdrawal, group -withdrawak group selective, and needle-restoring cams, provision whereby during reciprocating knitting the group of needles that is operative in the production of a. stripis centralized for the time being with reference to the knitting or stitch-cams, and pattern-connections for controlling the various arts. Y

2. n a circular knitting machine constructed for rotary and reciprocating-knitting, an organization for the knitting of 8e glove-units and the like, comprising essenv tially, in combination with a needle-cylinder, needles, and knitting or stitch-cams, special butts or heels in connection with the needles, ma-withdrawal, group-withdrawal, groupselective, and needle-restoring cams, certain ci the needles having supplemental selective butts or heels with which the group-selective cams engage to cause such needles to serve whereby during reciprocating knitting the group of needles that is operative in the production of a strip is centralized for the time beting with reference 'to the knitting or stitch-cams, andpattern-connections for controlling the various parts.

3. ln a circular lniitting machine constructed for rotary and reclprocating knitting, an organization lfor the knitting of glove-units and the like composed of tubular web and selvaged dat strips integral therewith, comprising essentially, in combination with a needle-cylinder, needles, and knitting or stitch-cams, a vertically movable masswithdrawal cam, a yieldingly-actuated radi- M5 ally movable mass-withdrawal cam, a group- Withdrawal cam, a. plurality of group-selectivecams, a needle-restoring cam, butts or heels of different lengths in groups for engagement by said mass-withdrawal and relle storing cams, selective butts in groups for engagement by said group-withdrawal and group-selective cams, provisions whereby during reciprocating knitting the group of needles that is operated for the product-ion H5 oi a strip is centralized for the time being withreference tothe knitting or stitch-cams, and pattern-connections for controlling the various parts.

4:. lin a circular knitting machine con- 1120 structed for rotary and reciprocating knitting, an organization for the knitting of glove-units and the like composed of tubular web and selvaged llat strips integral therewith, comprisingessentially, in com- 125 bination with a needle-cylinder, needles. and knitting or stitch-cams, a verticallymovable mass-withdrawal cam, a yieldingly-actuated radially movable mass-withdrawal cam, a group-withdrawal cam, a plurality of group 18@ me, circular series of needles,

l ting a selvaged selective cams, a needle-restoring cam, butts or heels of diferent lengths in groups for engagement by said mass-withdrawal and restoring cams, selective butts in groups for engagement by said group-withdrawal and group-selective cams, certain of the needles having selective butts in twoadjoining groups' to cause such needles to constitute widening or gusset needles, provisions whereby during reciprocating knitting the group of needles that is operative for the produc'- tion of a strip is centralized for the time being withl reference to the knitting orstitchcams, and pattern-connections for controllingI the various parts.

e 5. A circular knitting' machine comprisin combination with a needle-cylinder, a

cams, and pattern-controlled actuating connections for rotary and reciprocatingknitting, pattern-controlled means whereby a group of said needles is selected in a given stroke for producing by reciprocating knitflat strip in continuation of tubular work and they remaining needles .are rendered inoperative to knit, and pat-.

tern-controlled means for centralizing in a given stroke b #relative angular shift the said group an the said knitting 0r stitchcams with 'reference to each other for the knitting of the said vselvaged strip.

6. In a circular knitting machine constructed for rotary and reciprocating knitting, an organization comprising essentially,- in combination with a needle-cylinder, needles, and knitting or stitch-cams, one or more withdrawal cams whereby the needles used in lniittingv a tubular web are rendered inoperative toknitwith the exception of a selected group' of 'needles on .which a sel' f vaged iiat strip is knit byy reciprocatin knitting,

means for centralizing the selecte group'of needles and knitting or stitch-cams with reference to each-other during the reciprocating knitting, and pattern-connections for controlling the various parts.

7. In a circular knitting machine constructed for rotary and reciprocatngknitting, an organization for the knitting of glove-units and the like composed of tu ular web and selvaged flat' strips IintegralV therewith, comprising essentially, in combination with a needle-cylinder, a-ci'r'cular series of needles, knitting or-.stitch-cainsfand pattern-controlled actuating connections for rotary vand reciprocating knitting, means wherebyv for each vof'said strips in succession the group of needles'required for pro-'- vducing such strip by reciprocating'knitting in continuation 'of the tubular web is selectedv in a given stroke, pattern-controlled means' for 'centralizing in a given stroke by relative langular shift the said group' and the:

said knitting or stitch-cams with reference to each other, and means for restoring all knitting or stitchof the needles to operative relations on the completion of the last strip.

`8. In a circular knitting machine constructed for rotary and reciprocating knitting, an organization for the knitting of glove-units and the like, comprisingv essentially, in combination with a needle-cylinder,

needles, and knitting or stitch-cams, special butts or heels in connection with the needles, withdrawal and group-selective cams, by the former of which the needles that are not required for the production of a selvaged strip are withdrawn from operative relations and afterward those used for such reduction and for that of the succeeding strip or strips are likewise Withdrawn, andthe latteract- .ing to return to operative relations for the needles, and" knitting or stitch-cams, specialA butts or heels in connection Withitheneedles, Withdrawal and group-selective cams, by the former of ,which the needles that are not required for the production of a selvaged stripare withdrawn from operative relations and afterward those used for such production and for that of the succeeding strip or strips are'likewise withdrawn, and theylatter act I ing vto return to'operative relations for'the production of eachI of the succeeding strips the needlesthat are required therefor, inf cluding widening or 'gusset needles, pro-` -visions whereby during reciprocating knitting each'- grou ofr needles in succession while operative' is centralized with reference to the knittingor stitch-cams,- and patternconnections for controlling the various parts.

10. In a circular knittinv lmachine constructed for rotary and reciprocating knitting, an4 organization l for the knitting of glove-units and ythe like, comprising' yessentially, in combination with a needle-cylinder, needles, and knitting orstitch-camsspecial butts or heels in connection with the needles, withdrawal and group-selective cams',lby the former of which the needlesthat arenot required for the/production of a selvaged strip are withdrawn fromoperative relations and afterward those used Afor, such .production and 'for that of thesuccee'din strip orstrips visions whereby during reciprocating knitiis are. likewisewitlidrawn, an .thelatter actling to returnto operative relations' for the production of eaclinof Athe succeeding strips the needles that-"are required therefor, proting each group of needles in succession While operative is centralized with reference to the knit-ting or stitch-cams, a cam by which all the needles aie restored to operative relations on completion ot' the last strip, and pattern-connections for controlling the-various parts.

l1. In a circular knitting machine constructed for rotary' and reciprocating knitting, an organization for the knitting of glove-units and the like, comprising essentially, in combination with a needle-cylinder, needles, and knitting or stitch-cams, special butts or heels in connection with the needles, Withdrawal and group-selective cams, by the former of Which the needles that are not required or the production of a selvaged strip are Withdrawn from operat-ive relations and afterward those used for such production and for that of the succeeding strip or strips are likewise withdrawn, and the latter acting to return to operative relations for the production of each of the succeeding strips the needles that are required therefor, including Widening or gusset needles, provisions Whereby. during reciprocating knitting each group of needles in succession While operativev is centralized with reference to the knitting or stitch-cams, a cam by which all the needles are restored to operative relations on completion of the last strip, and pattern-connections for controlling the various parts. i

l2. A circular knitting machine comprising, in 'combination With a needle-cylinder` a circular series of needles, knitting or stitchcams, and pattern-controlled actuating connect-ions for rotary and reciprocating knitting, pattern-controlled means whereby a group of said needles is selected in a given stroke for producing by reciprocating. knitting a selvaged fiat strip in continuation ot tubular work and the remaining needles are rendered inoperative to knit, pattern-controlled means for centralizing in a given stroke by relative angular shift the said group and the said knitting or stitch-cams with reference to each other for the knitting oi the said selvaged strip, and means for restoring all-ot the'needles to operative relations upon the completion ot such strip.

13. ln a circular knitting machine constructed for rotary and reciprocating' knitting, an organization comprising essentially, in combination with a needle-cylinder, needles, and knitting or stitch-cams, one or more withdrawal cams whereby the needles used in knitting a tubular web are rendered inoperative to knit with the exception ot a selected group ot' needles on which a selvaged flat. strip is knit by reciprocating knitting, means for centralizing the selected group ot needles and knitting or stitch-cams with ret'- erence to each other during the reciprocating maaar? knitting, means for restoring all the needles to operative relations upon the completion of the said strip, and pattern-connections for controlling the various part-s.

14. lin a circular knitting machine, the combination with a needle-cylinder, needles, knitting or stitch-cams, and cylinder-actu"- ating mechanism pattern-controlled to eect continuous rotary and reciprocating cylinder-movement as required, of clutchdevices pattern-controlled and acting to occasion by one Working stroke an angular shift of the needle-cylinder relative to the said mechanism to centralize a selected group of needles with reference to the knitting or stitch-cams during reciprocating knitting.;

l5. In a circular knittingy machine, the combination with a needle-cylinder, needles, knitting or stitch-cams, .and cylinder-actuating mechanism pattern-controlled to effect continuous rotary and reciprocating cylinder movement as required, ot means for selecting successive groups of needles for the production of strips, and clutchdevices pattern-controlled and acting to occasion successive respectively complete angular shifts of the needle-cylinder relative to the said mechanism to centralize the respective groups of needles with reference to the knitting or stitch-cams duringv the knitting of the respective strips.

16. ln a circular knitting machine adapted to knit successive strips side by side upon adjoining groups of needles, the combination with a needle-cylinder, needles,knitting or stitch-cams, and cylinder-actuating mechanism including a member that is rotated for tubular knitting and reciprocated for strip-knitting of clutch-devices adapted to connect the needle-cylinder operatively with said memberI in different angular relationships a cylinder-braking device, and

pattern-connections whereby in beginning to knit a strip said clutch-devices are opened and said braking device brought into operation during a stroke of said member, to occasion a shift bringing the corresponding group of needles into centralizing relationship with the said cams for knitting such strip.

17. .In a circular knitting machine. adapted to knit successive stripsside by side upon adjoining groups of needles` the combination with a needle-cylinder, needles, knitting or stitch-cams, and a cylinder-actuating mechanism including a member that is rotated tor tubular knitting and reciprocatedtor strip-knitting. of clutch-devices adapted to connect the needle-cylinder operatively with said member in dilterent angular relationships and comprising a iange having notches spaced to correspond with the needle-groups and a dog adapted to 

